Bug#623701: nvidia-glx: GPU idle temperature ~10C higher than normal

[Steve]

Package: nvidia-glx
Version: 260.19.44-1
Severity: important
Tags: upstream

This has been reported to nVidia.
I'm using a Dell Precision M90 with a GeForce Go 7950GTX.
Using any driver versions 260 and upwards causes the GPU idle temperature to
increase by ~10C. This happens on both Squeeze and Wheezy. I am able to use the
256.53 driver in Squeeze without a problem, but I cannot install it in Wheezy
due to a compile error.
Could you please consider downgrading the driver to version 256 in Wheezy until
this issue has been resolved by nVidia.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.1
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages nvidia-glx depends on:
ii  dpkg                          1.15.8.10  Debian package management system
ii  libc6                         2.11.2-10  Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
pn  libgl1-nvidia-glx             <none>     (no description available)
pn  libglx-nvidia-alternatives    <none>     (no description available)
pn  nvidia-kernel-195.36.31       <none>     (no description available)
ii  xserver-xorg-core [xorg-video 2:1.7.7-13 Xorg X server - core server

Versions of packages nvidia-glx recommends:
pn  nvidia-vdpau-driver           <none>     (no description available)

Versions of packages nvidia-glx suggests:
pn  nvidia-kernel-dkms | nvidia-k <none>     (no description available)
pn  nvidia-settings               <none>     (no description available)